Pollard v. Vinton
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States, for the District of Kentucky. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
The defendant in error, who was also defendant below, was the owner of a steamboat running between the cities of Memphis, on the Mississippi River, arid' Cincinnati, on thé Ohio River, and’is sued on' a bill of lading for the non-delivery at Cincinnati of one hundred and fifty bales of cotton, according, to its terms. The bill of lading was in the usual form, and .signed by E. D. Cobb & .Co., who were the general .agents of Vinton for shipping purposes at Memphis, and was delivered to Dickinson, Williams, & Co. at that place.- They immediately drew a draft on the (plaintiffs in New York,…
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